MathNerd
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It appears that yearly, on the first Sunday in April when VIC changes to AEST from AEDST, there's an extra flight that SQ runs from MEL to SIN, numbered SQ220. This flight, as far as I can tell, only runs once a year.
What's funny/interesting is that this flight is timed at 23:35 (so just before midnight), and then the following day the SQ218 service (which would have had the same timeslot at 23:35) is now shifted to 00:35 (so an hour later, taking it into Monday), and this continues until October (but no extra flight at this time when switching back to AEDST). Both SQ220 and SQ218 have an ETA of 05:30 in SIN, however their flight times are both slotted in at 07hrs 55mins (even though their departures are 60 mins apart):
I'm just imagining check-in at MEL for both of these - it's already a zoo with the kiosks, and adding in inexperienced pax who will inevitably try and check in for the alternative flight, or join the boarding queue for the other. Will there be 2 separate check-in areas, one for each flight? Most pax for either flight I imagine would turn up on the Sunday night around 2100 or 2200 hrs.
Has anyone taken this unique flight and can share their experiences with it? I would hope it's not a phantom/ghost flight, but imagining 2 SQ A359s lining up one behind each other ready to touch down at SIN, after having from MEL pretty much in lock step with one another, is quite the funny sight I'd imagine.
And yup, it's been a slow news day, haha.
Cheers
What's funny/interesting is that this flight is timed at 23:35 (so just before midnight), and then the following day the SQ218 service (which would have had the same timeslot at 23:35) is now shifted to 00:35 (so an hour later, taking it into Monday), and this continues until October (but no extra flight at this time when switching back to AEDST). Both SQ220 and SQ218 have an ETA of 05:30 in SIN, however their flight times are both slotted in at 07hrs 55mins (even though their departures are 60 mins apart):
I'm just imagining check-in at MEL for both of these - it's already a zoo with the kiosks, and adding in inexperienced pax who will inevitably try and check in for the alternative flight, or join the boarding queue for the other. Will there be 2 separate check-in areas, one for each flight? Most pax for either flight I imagine would turn up on the Sunday night around 2100 or 2200 hrs.
Has anyone taken this unique flight and can share their experiences with it? I would hope it's not a phantom/ghost flight, but imagining 2 SQ A359s lining up one behind each other ready to touch down at SIN, after having from MEL pretty much in lock step with one another, is quite the funny sight I'd imagine.
And yup, it's been a slow news day, haha.
Cheers
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